Letters to the Editor:

Christoph Kaiser, Sébastien Pion, Pierre-Marie Preux, Walter Kipp, Ikechukwu Dozie, AND Michel Boussinesq

Onchocerciasis, Cysticercosis, and Epilepsy
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 643-644. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Moses Katabarwa, Frank Richards, Jr, AND Mark Eberhard

Onchocerciasis, Cysticercosis, and Epilepsy
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 644-645. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Images in Clinical Tropical Medicine:

Jane Megid, Camila Michele Appolinário, AND Rodrigo da Costa Carreira

Images in Clinical Tropical Medicine: Vaccinia Virus in Humans and Cattle in Southwest Region of São Paulo State, Brazil
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 646. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Articles:

Jane Megid, Camila Michele Appolinário, Hélio Langoni, Edviges Maristela Pituco, AND Liria Hiromi Okuda

Vaccinia Virus in Humans and Cattle in Southwest Region of São Paulo State, Brazil
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 647-651. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum]  

Nguyen Hong Sanh, Nguyen Van Dung, Nguyen Xuan Thanh, Trieu Nguyen Trung, Truong Van Co, AND Robert D. Cooper

Forest Malaria in Central Vietnam
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 652-654. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Issaka Sagara, Abdoulbaki Diallo, Mamady Kone, Modibo Coulibaly, Sory Ibrahima Diawara, Ousmane Guindo, Hamma Maiga, Mohamed Balla Niambele, Mady Sissoko, Alassane Dicko, Abdoulaye Djimde, AND Ogobara K. Doumbo

A Randomized Trial of Artesunate-Mefloquine versus Artemether-Lumefantrine for Treatment of Uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Mali
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 655-661. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul N. Newton, Christina Y. Hampton, Krystyn Alter-Hall, Thanongsak Teerwarakulpana, Sompol Prakongpan, Ronnatrai Ruangveerayuth, Nicholas J. White, Nicholas P. J. Day, Mabel B. Tudino, Natalia Mancuso, AND Facundo M. Fernández

Characterization of "Yaa Chud" Medicine on the Thailand–Myanmar Border: Selecting for Drug-resistant Malaria and Threatening Public Health
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 662-669. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental figures]  

Arsène Ratsimbasoa, Laza Fanazava, Rogelin Radrianjafy, Julien Ramilijaona, Hughes Rafanomezantsoa, AND Didier Ménard

Evaluation of Two New Immunochromatographic Assays for Diagnosis of Malaria
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 670-672. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Berta N. Restrepo, Ruth E. Ramirez, Margarita Arboleda, Gonzalo Alvarez, Marta Ospina, AND Francisco J. Diaz

Serum Levels of Cytokines in Two Ethnic Groups with Dengue Virus Infection
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 673-677. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julie H. McArthur, Anna P. Durbin, Jennifer A. Marron, Kimberli A. Wanionek, Bhavin Thumar, Dennis J. Pierro, Alexander C. Schmidt, Joseph E. Blaney, Jr, Brian R. Murphy, AND Stephen S. Whitehead

Phase I Clinical Evaluation of rDEN430-200,201: A Live Attenuated Dengue 4 Vaccine Candidate Designed for Decreased Hepatotoxicity
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 678-684. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Severine Matheus, Jean-Baptiste Meynard, Anne Lavergne, Romain Girod, David Moua, Bhety Labeau, Philippe Dussart, Vincent Lacoste, AND Xavier Deparis

Dengue-3 Outbreak in Paraguay: Investigations Using Capillary Blood Samples on Filter Paper
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 685-687. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barry W. Alto, Michael H. Reiskind, AND L. Philip Lounibos

Size Alters Susceptibility of Vectors to Dengue Virus Infection and Dissemination
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 688-695. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martella du Preez, Ronán M. Conroy, James A. Wright, Sibonginkosi Moyo, Natasha Potgieter, AND Stephen W. Gundry

Use of Ceramic Water Filtration in the Prevention of Diarrheal Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural South Africa and Zimbabwe
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 696-701. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rym Essid, Mohamed Mousli, Karim Aoun, Rim Abdelmalek, Fethi Mellouli, Fakher Kanoun, Francis Derouin, AND Aïda Bouratbine

Identification of Cryptosporidium Species Infecting Humans in Tunisia
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 702-705. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Soumaya Ben Ayed, Karim Aoun, Nadia Maamouri, Rym Ben Abdallah, AND Aïda Bouratbine

First Molecular Identification of Entamoeba moshkovskii in Human Stool Samples in Tunisia
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 706-707. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aaron M. Harris, Fahima Chowdhury, Yasmin Ara Begum, Ashraful Islam Khan, Abu S. G. Faruque, Ann-Mari Svennerholm, Jason B. Harris, Edward T. Ryan, Alejandro Cravioto, Stephen B. Calderwood, AND Firdausi Qadri

Shifting Prevalence of Major Diarrheal Pathogens in Patients Seeking Hospital Care during Floods in 1998, 2004, and 2007 in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 708-714. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Monica Guffanti, Giovanni Gaiera, Simona Bossolasco, Norberto Ceserani, Deborah Ratti, Paola Cinque, Flavia Salmaso, Nicola Gianotti, AND Adriano Lazzarin

Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis in an HIV-1–Infected Woman: Recovery after Amphotericin B Following Failure of Oral Miltefosine
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 715-718. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hirotomo Kato, Abraham G. Cáceres, Eduardo A. Gomez, Tatsuyuki Mimori, Hiroshi Uezato, Jorge D. Marco, Paola A. Barroso, Hiroyuki Iwata, AND Yoshihisa Hashiguchi

Molecular Mass Screening to Incriminate Sand Fly Vectors of Andean-type Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Ecuador and Peru
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 719-721. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Natasha Hochberg, Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben, Philip Downs, Jennifer Fagan, AND James H. Maguire

The Role of Case Containment Centers in the Eradication of Dracunculiasis in Togo and Ghana
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 722-728. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Deborah J. Nicolls, Leisa H. Weld, Eli Schwartz, Christie Reed, Frank von Sonnenburg, David O. Freedman, Phyllis E. Kozarsky, AND for the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network

Characteristics of Schistosomiasis in Travelers Reported to the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network 1997–2008
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 729-734. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Phonepasong Soukhathammavong, Somphou Sayasone, Aina Nirina Harimanana, Aphonethip Akkhavong, Sivilay Thammasack, Niranh Phoumindr, Khamloun Choumlivong, Khamla Choumlivong, Valy Keoluangkhot, Simmaly Phongmany, Kongsap Akkhavong, Christoph Hatz, Michel Strobel, AND Peter Odermatt

Three Cases of Intestinal Capillariasis in Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 735-738. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Parsotam R. Hira, Adel Al-Buloushi, Nabila Khalid, Jamshaid Iqbal, Odile Bain, AND Mark L. Eberhard

Zoonotic Filariasis in the Arabian Peninsula: Autochthonous Onchocerciasis and Dirofilariasis
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 739-741. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

André Luiz R. Roque, Samanta C. C. Xavier, Marconny G. da Rocha, Ana Cláudia M. Duarte, Paulo S. D’Andrea, AND Ana M. Jansen

Trypanosoma cruzi Transmission Cycle Among Wild and Domestic Mammals in Three Areas of Orally Transmitted Chagas Disease Outbreaks
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 742-749. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marli M. Lima, Carolina F. S. Coutinho, Taís F. Gomes, Tiago G. Oliveira, Rosemere Duarte, José Borges-Pereira, Márcio N. Bóia, AND Otília Sarquis

Risk Presented by Copernicia prunifera Palm Trees in the Rhodnius nasutus Distribution in a Chagas Disease-endemic Area of the Brazilian Northeast
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 750-754. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sergio Sosa-Estani, Miriam Rubi Gamboa-León, Jaime del Cid-Lemus, Fernando Althabe, Jackeline Alger, Olivia Almendares, María L. Cafferata, Jean-Philippe Chippaux, Eric Dumonteil, Luz Gibbons, Nicolás Padilla-Raygoza, Dominique Schneider, José M. Belizán, Pierre Buekens, AND Working Group

Use of a Rapid Test on Umbilical Cord Blood to Screen for Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Pregnant Women in Argentina, Bolivia, Honduras, and México
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 755-759. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lars Ny, Hua Li, Shankar Mukherjee, Katarina Persson, Bo Holmqvist, Dazhi Zhao, Vitaliy Shtutin, Huan Huang, Louis M. Weiss, Fabiana S. Machado, Stephen M. Factor, John Chan, Herbert B. Tanowitz, AND Linda A. Jelicks

A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Intestinal Dilation in Trypanosoma cruzi–infected Mice Deficient in Nitric Oxide Synthase
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 760-767. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sean Fitzwater, Maritza Calderon, Carlos LaFuente, Gerson Galdos-Cardenas, Lisbeth Ferrufino, Manuela Verastegui, Robert H. Gilman, Caryn Bern, AND for the Chagas Disease Working Group in Peru and Bolivia

Polymerase Chain Reaction for Chronic Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Yields Higher Sensitivity in Blood Clot Than Buffy Coat or Whole Blood Specimens
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 768-770. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dawit A. P. Gonçalves, Érico V. C. M. Silva, Flávia A. Graça, Eduardo C. Lira, Neusa M. Zanon, Glória E. Mendes, Emmanuel A. Burdmann, Renato H. Migliorini, Isis C. Kettelhut, AND Luiz C. C. Navegantes

In Vivo Effects of Bothrops jararaca Venom on Metabolic Profile and on Muscle Protein Metabolism in Rats
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 771-778. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amporn Srikram, Surasakdi Wongratanacheewin, Anucha Puapairoj, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, AND Rasana W. Sermswan

Analyses of Vaccination Protocols for Leptospira interrogans Serovar Autumnalis in Hamsters
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 779-786. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Inácio M. Mandomando, Denise Naniche, Marcela F. Pasetti, Xavier Vallès, Lilian Cuberos, Ariel Nhacolo, Karen L. Kotloff, Helder Martins, Myron M. Levine, AND Pedro Alonso

Measles-specific Neutralizing Antibodies in Rural Mozambique: Seroprevalence and Presence in Breast Milk
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 787-792. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Romina Manarin, Emanuel Bottasso, Oscar Bottasso, Esteban Serra, AND Silvia Revelli

Beneficial Effects of Benznidazole during an Infectious-based Situation of Systemic Inflammatory Response: Cecal Ligation and Puncture
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 793-796. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Emmanuel Clyti, Christophe Deligny, Mathieu Nacher, Pascal del Giudice, Dominique Sainte-Marie, Roger Pradinaud, AND Pierre Couppie

An Urban Epidemic of Human Myiasis Caused by Dermatobia hominis in French Guiana
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 797-798. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bei Li, Ying Guo, Zhaobiao Guo, Yun Liang, Ziwen Zhu, Qing Zhou, Yanfeng Yan, Zhizhong Song, AND Ruifu Yang

Serologic Survey of the Sentinel Animals for Plague Surveillance and Screening for Complementary Diagnostic Markers to F1 Antigen by Protein Microarray
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 799-802. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental figures and tables]  

Gabriel A. Schmunis, Gloria Rodriguez, Jan Coenen, Enrique Gil Bellorin, AND Alberto Gianella

Prevention of Blood-borne Diseases in Bolivia, 1993–2002
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 803-808. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena, Sean P. Graham, Hassan K. Hassan, Craig Guyer, Micky D. Eubanks, Charles R. Katholi, AND Thomas R. Unnasch

Blood Feeding Patterns of Potential Arbovirus Vectors of the Genus Culex Targeting Ectothermic Hosts
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 79: 809-815. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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